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| - | * [[461]] - [[Majorian]], [[Roman Emperor]] (assassinated) (b. [[420]]) | ||
| - | * [[479]] - [[Emperor Yūryaku]] of Japan | ||
| - | * [[1106]] - [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. [[1050]]) | ||
| - | * [[1485]] - [[Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany]], Scottish prince | ||
| - | * [[1613]] - [[Thomas Fleming (judge)|Thomas Fleming]], English judge (b. [[1544]]) | ||
| - | * [[1616]] - [[Vincenzo Scamozzi]], Italian architect (b. [[1548]]) | ||
| - | * [[1635]] - [[Friedrich von Spee]], German writer (b. [[1591]]) | ||
| - | * [[1639]] - [[Martin van den Hove]], Dutch scientist (b. [[1605]]) | ||
| - | * [[1661]] - [[Jin Shengtan]], Chinese editor, writer and critic (b. [[1608]]) | ||
| - | * [[1817]] - [[Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours]], French industrialist (b. [[1739]]) | ||
| - | * [[1834]] - [[Joseph Marie Jacquard]], French weaver and inventor (b. [[1752]]) | ||
| - | * [[1848]] - [[Jöns Jakob Berzelius]], Swedish chemist (b. [[1779]]) | ||
| - | * [[1855]] - [[Mariano Arista]], [[President of Mexico]] (b. [[1802]]) | ||
| - | * [[1912]] - [[François-Alphonse Forel]], Swiss hydrologist (b. [[1841]]) | ||
| - | * [[1917]] - [[Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning]], first pilot to land his aircraft on a moving ship. (b. [[1891]]) | ||
| - | * [[1938]] - [[Konstantin Stanislavski]], Russian/Soviet actor, producer, dramatist (b. [[1863]]) | ||
| - | * [[1941]] - [[Rabindranath Tagore]], Indian author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (b. [[1861]]) | ||
| - | * [[1957]] - [[Oliver Hardy]], American comedian and actor (b. [[1892]]) | ||
| - | * [[1969]] - [[Joseph Kosma]], French composer ([[Autumn Leaves (song)|Autumn Leaves]]) (b. [[1905]]) | ||
| - | * [[1972]] - [[Joi Lansing]], American model and actress (b. [[1929]]) | ||
| - | * [[1974]] - [[Rosario Castellanos]], Mexican poet (b. [[1925]]) | ||
| - | * 1974 - [[Sylvio Mantha]], professional ice hockey player (b. [[1902]]) | ||
| * [[1984]] - [[Esther Phillips]], American singer (b. [[1935]]) | * [[1984]] - [[Esther Phillips]], American singer (b. [[1935]]) | ||
| - | * [[1985]] - [[Grayson Hall]], American actress (b. [[1923]]) | ||
| - | * [[1987]] - [[Camille Chamoun]], Lebanese President (b. [[1900]]) | ||
| - | * [[1989]] - [[Mickey Leland]], American politician, [[United States Congressional Delegations from Texas|United States Congressman from Texas]] (b. [[1944]]) | ||
| - | * [[1992]] - [[John Anderson (actor)|John Anderson]], American actor (b. [[1922]]) | ||
| - | * [[1994]] - [[Larry Martyn]], comedy actor (b. [[1934]]) | ||
| - | * [[1995]] - [[Brigid Brophy]], British author (b. [[1929]]) | ||
| - | * [[1999]] - [[Brion James]], American actor (b. [[1945]]) | ||
| - | * [[2003]] - [[Mickey McDermott]], baseball player (b. [[1929]]) | ||
| - | * [[2004]] - [[Red Adair]], American firefighter (b. [[1915]]) | ||
| - | * 2004 - [[Colin Bibby]], English ornithologist (b. [[1948]]) | ||
| - | * [[2005]] - [[Peter Jennings]], Canadian-born news anchor (b. [[1938]]) | ||
| - | * [[2006]] - [[Mary Anderson Bain]], American [[New Deal]] politician (b. [[1911]]) | ||
| == Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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Art and culture
- 1819 - Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain.
Births
- 1560 - Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian serial killer (d. 1614)
- 1867 - Emil Nolde, German painter (d. 1956)
- 1876 - Mata Hari, Dutch spy (d. 1917)
- 1911 - Nicholas Ray, American actor, director and scenarist (d. 1979)
- 1936 - Rahsaan Roland Kirk, American saxophonist
- 1942 - Caetano Veloso, Brazilian musician
Deaths
- 1984 - Esther Phillips, American singer (b. 1935)
Notes
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